Derasha 1 on Behaalosecha 11:21
Parashas Behaalosecha · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 21
The Complete Passuk
וַיֹּאמֶר֮ מֹשֶׁה֒ שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ רַגְלִ֔י הָעָ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ וְאַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֗רְתָּ בָּשָׂר֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן לָהֶ֔ם וְאָכְל֖וּ חֹ֥דֶשׁ יָמִֽים׃
Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi
Source Citation
Torah Temimah on this passuk (citation pointer only). Core text is Chazal as recorded — Moshe’s count of the foot-soldiers against the promise of a month of meat.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ רַגְלִ֔י הָעָ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ׃
English: “Six hundred thousand foot-soldiers of the people among whom I am.”
Type of Learning
Scale of the need — Moshe names the host before the provision.
What Is Learned
The verse frames the miracle against the census of the camp.